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"My daughter is far more talented than either me or Gabby. You have to see her dance, you have to listen to her songs that she writes. You have to read her writings, her articles. She has a very good head on her shoulder and she dances like a pro," says Sharon Cuneta (right) about her firstborn, KC Concepcion (left).

"I'm so proud of her and I really said na, ‘Who would you wanna be with pag-uwi, with Tita Sandra [Chavez, KC's manager]?' Sandra said there has been a clear dividing line between me and my daughter because she has to work hard to make a name for herself, to do things on her own, and to get out of my shadow. My poor daughter, from the moment she was conceived without her knowledge or consent, was already a celebrity. So, for some people, that's a good thing. But of course, it had it's downside and she had to work very hard.

"Nagtrabaho siya, practicum siya at nagtrabaho. You know my daughter has no problem. You can put her in the back of the airplane, she will be fine," very proud na sabi ni Sharon tungkol sa kanyang anak.

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All the while, most people thought that KC is such a pampered child and student sa Paris dahil sa padalang pera ni Sharon.

"You know what? We were talking, we went to this area along Ritz Hotel [in Paris]. That was where the shop was. I had this dream and it was on the street across where we went. I never told her until she came home. Baka sabihin niya, ‘Oh, Mama, don't get it na lang for me. You get na lang ano...' I have not gotten it. So, I call it 'family disease' naman. Namana namin kay Daddy yung relo-relo.

"Sabi niya, ‘Mama, thank you for passing something on to me.' Sabi ko, ‘Im not sure if that's a good thing, anak... It's like more of a 'disease.' You cannot naman wear ten watches in one day.'

"Sabi ko sa inyo, e. When I had the presscon for the concert ba or album launch sa Crowne Plaza, I was asked ‘How do you feel [about remaking your old movies]?' You know, I said I was really upset. Sarah [Geronimo] had nothing to do with it. It wasn't... no attack against any of the artistas na iku-consider for whatever remake ng kahit anong movies ko. But these [movies] are like my babies. I think lahat ng artista, they feel that way. You use the title, that's fine.

"She [KC] made me kuwento, e. That was the first thing she said after the presscon and she saw me. Sabi niya, ‘Mama, they asked me about ano.' Then I said, parang she didn't mean to sound na medyo mayabang in saying na ‘There can only be one Sharon. If they want to do the concept, it's fine. But it's...' Yung parang naiiyak ako noon. Feeling ko sa akin, that's sacred because when I do movies, not just a project, I invest emotion and friendship, it's part of my history," paliwanag ni Sharon.

"No, she'll be the biggest star ever," diretso niyang sagot. "My daughter is far more talented than either me or Gabby. You have tyo see her dance, you have to listen to her songs that she writes. You have to read her writings, her articles. She has a very good head on her shoulder and she dances like a pro."

"Okay, wait, wait... I made my first [million] when I was about fifteen. Well, KC, I gave her na a million when she was born. I put it na on her trust fund. But at sixteen, she made her own money. Much more than that [one million]!

"But you know, I explained to her, ‘You don't touch this. I don't like you to.' She was very sweet by the way to offer, ‘Mama, can I pay for my tuition?' I said, ‘Oh, my God! This is what I've been saving for all the years of my life. Do not deprive me of this, you know, privilege.' In the end, siya na. Yung last year ng stay niya [sa Paris], ‘ayan na, dahan-dahan pinakawalan na namin. And then, rent niya. Lahat na kasi marunong na. Maayos na yung bahay niya," very proud na kuwento ng Megastar.